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The 501 and The Silver Circle are membership societies of the Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture (MIAC), bringing together patrons who are passionate about supporting MIAC’s mission to strengthen the vibrancy of the Erie region through richly varied, inclusive cultural experiences.
 
In recognition of their support, members receive a range of exclusive benefits designed to enhance their experience, including priority ticket access, premium seating, invitations to private receptions, valet parking, and tickets to our signature event, The Summer Soirée, on Saturday, Aug. 8.

Each 501 membership, priced at $501, is for two people and entitles the bearers to:

  • Two tickets to The Summer Soirée on Saturday, Aug. 8, which will include an elegant outdoor reception on the Mercyhurst campus, followed by an intimate concert by jazz legend Ann Hampton Callaway in Walker Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
  • First access to tickets for all 2026-27 MIAC Live performances, including CHRIS BOTTI, RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY, BLACK VIOLIN, DAVID ARCHULETA, OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET, PATRICK PAGE, BETTY BUCKLEY, and CLAYBOURNE ELDER
  • Two premium seats to two performances of your choice during our 2026-27 MIAC Live season
  • A discount on additional performances
  • Private receptions before RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY and PATRICK PAGE
  • Member recognition for the 2026-27 season

Each Silver Circle membership, priced at $1,025, is for two people and entitles the bearers to:

  • Two tickets to The Summer Soirée on Saturday, Aug. 8, which will include an elegant outdoor reception on the Mercyhurst campus, followed by an intimate concert by jazz legend Ann Hampton Callaway in Walker Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
  • First access to tickets for all 2026-27 MIAC Live performances, including CHRIS BOTTI, RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY, BLACK VIOLIN, DAVID ARCHULETA, OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET, PATRICK PAGE, BETTY BUCKLEY, and CLAYBOURNE ELDER
  • Two premium seats to four performances of your choice during our 2026-27 MIAC Live season
  • A discount on additional performances
  • Private receptions before RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY and PATRICK PAGE
  • Valet parking for all performances in the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center
  • Member recognition for the 2026-27 season

Current members who wish to retain or upgrade their seats must renew by Friday, June 5. New memberships will be processed in the order they are received.

Ann Hampton

Ann Hampton Callaway: I Get A Kick Out Of Cole
Saturday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Walker Recital Hall

Tony-nominee and pop/jazz recording artist Ann Hampton Callaway celebrates the great Cole Porter in a marvelous night of his classics, ranging from witty to wistful. This inductee of The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame is the only composer to have collaborated with Cole Porter, so the song she wrote with him posthumously, “I Gaze in Your Eyes,” will be one of the highlights. Expect Callaway’s takes on “Just One of Those Things,” “From This Moment On,” “Night and Day,” “Every Time We Say Goodbye,” and more, along with stories that enliven the night and bring the audience closer to the man who Ann says “had so much savoir it isn’t fare.”

“For sheer vocal beauty, no contemporary singer matches Ms. Callaway.” – Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“Just as Ella Fitzgerald was the greatest jazz singer of her era, so too is the magnificent Ann Hampton Callaway of hers.” – Musical Theatre Review